Z - Futuristic Zorro Film Directed by Jonas Cuarón

[Walts Ghost]

Jonas Cuarón to Write and Direct ‘Z,’ a Zorro Movie Without the Orro

It’s been a decade since The Legend of Zorro came and went, ending Antonio Banderas’ run as the famed masked hero. Since then, reports of a new movie starring the iconic swordsman have arrived like clockwork, only for the actual film to fail to materialize. Remember when Gael Garcia Bernal was supposed to play Zorro in a futuristic riff on the character called Zorro Reborn that would have taken place in the post-apocalypse? Meanwhile, a completely different Zorro movie has been in development at Sony for a few years now.

Now, word has come down that Jonas Cuarón, the co-writer of Gravity and the director of the upcoming Desierto, has been been tasked with resurrecting that futuristic Zorro tale with Z, which is one of those weird titles that seems oddly embarrassed of the character it’s representing. Just call it Zorro, guys.


The news initially broke over at Heroic Hollywood but it was quickly confirmed by The Wrap. Neither source could provide details about the project, but it will apparently be a “fresh take.” Whatever that means.

Cuarón is still a relative newcomer on the filmmaking scene. Although the bulk of his credits are for shorts, he wrote and directed the drama Year of the Nail in 2007 before teaming up to co-write Gravity with his father, the Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón. Jonas Cuarón also directed a companion short to Gravity, titled Aningaaq, before helming the border-crossing thriller Desierto, which is set for a March release.

The Hollywood Reporter’s Borys Kit chimed in on Twitter with a few details about Z, saying that the film will have minimal connections to previous versions of Zorro Reborn:

My gut reaction to a “futuristic Zorro movie” is to roll my eyes. After all, Zorro is a character who exists organically in a specific time and place. Remove him from Mexican- or Spanish-ruled California in the mid-19th century and you have just another tough vigilante dressing in black and sticking to the man. The historical nature of Zorro’s adventures always lent them a certain amount of power. Moving Zorro to the future seems a little desperate and a little wacky, the kind of decision that you see being made in satires about Hollywood.

And yet, I can’t help but think Cuarón may have something up his sleeve. Sure, this new Zorro could be just another action hero fighting and slicing his way through a near future dystopia, but here’s a filmmaker who already built an entire thriller around an immigrant experience. We wouldn’t put it past to put his personal stamp on this concept. After all, in an age where Donald Trump gets headlines for talking about building a wall along the Mexican border, a Mexican filmmaker may find a very pointed use for a Mexican hero with a thing for toppling authority.

[spectre08]

I like where this is headed.

[Darth Marcus]

A Cuarón is involved, so I'm in.

[Col. Zombie]

Definitely an interesting concept.

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

I wouldn't be interested in this movie if it wasn't doing something as bizarre as relocating Zorro to a future time period.

[detective392]

I wonder if it's the same script from 2011 "future" take on Zorro.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ighlight=zorro

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by detective392

I wonder if it's the same script from 2011 "future" take on Zorro.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ighlight=zorro

No, it's a new movie. That's why I started the new thread. They said it has nothing to do with Zorro Reborn.

[L-Rouge]

sounds interesting, you automatically assume futurstic would mean advanced technological development. Since "post apocalyptic" had been mentioned, it could be something like "The Book of Eli" style and aesthetic.

lets hope Z's blade doesn't glow in the dark.

[detective392]

Originally Posted by Walts Ghost

No, it's a new movie. That's why I started the new thread. They said it has nothing to do with Zorro Reborn.

OK, seems that movie must be dead then.

[Walts Ghost]

Originally Posted by detective392

OK, seems that movie must be dead then.

Yep. Seems they couldn't get that one to come together. Still not really loving the idea of this...But having Cuaron's son on has me curious.

[Gamma_Winstead]

So a cuaron is writing a film that has an almost identical plot to something else eh? Reminds me of gravity.

[MifuneFan]

Aren't they making a futuristic Robin Hood movie too? Is this the new "it" thing now that the zombie genre is overdone?

[MifuneFan]

Musketeerz 3000

Coming to theaters in the future

[detective392]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Aren't they making a futuristic Robin Hood movie too? Is this the new "it" thing now that the zombie genre is overdone?

We are getting another origin story for Robin Hood set in the right period. I believe the future Robin Hood idea died though.

[MifuneFan]

Originally Posted by detective392

We are getting another origin story for Robin Hood set in the right period. I believe the future Robin Hood idea died though.

https://forum.blu-ray.com/showthread...ght=robin+hood

[Monterey Jack]

Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta Jones or GTFO:

[Dalekbuster523Bluray]

Originally Posted by MifuneFan

Aren't they making a futuristic Robin Hood movie too? Is this the new "it" thing now that the zombie genre is overdone?

Hopefully not otherwise it'll become too 'normal'.

[levcore]

Bring it on, a futuristic Zorro sounds great.

[Darth Marcus]

Source: TheHollywoodReporter

Gael Garcia Bernal to Play Zorro in Jonas Cuaron Reboot 'Z'
MAY 09, 2016 5:01pm PT by Mia Galuppo

The 'Desierto' actor and director will reteam for the futuristic retelling of the masked and caped crusader.

Gael Garcia Bernal seems finally set to star as Zorro in Z, Jonas Cuaron's futuristic reboot of the franchise.

The actor has been associated on-and-off with the long-gestating project since it was set up at 20th Century Fox over a decade ago when filmmakers such as Bryan Singer and Ricardo de Montreuil were involved and when it was called Zorro Reborn.

Z reshapes the legend of Zorro — the pulp hero created in 1919 as a fighter for the forlorn rural class during the Spanish colonization of California in the 19th century — as a masked crusader taking on the villains of the near-future.

The pic, which is being presented to buyers at the upcoming Cannes film market, will begin shooting this fall at the Pinewood studio in the Dominican Republic.

Lantica Media is financing the feature project, which will be sold internationally by Pantelion Films. Mark Amin and Albert Martinez Martín will produce the action-adventure, with Cami Winikoff, David W. Higgins and Antonio Gennari acting as executive producers.

Garcia Bernal and Cuaron recently worked together on the immigration thriller Desierto, which premiered at last year's Toronto International Film Festival and is set to be released later this year by STX.

Garcia Bernal was awarded a Golden Globe for his performance on Amazon's Mozart in the Jungle, a role that he will reprise in the series' third season. The actor is repped by WME and Hansen Jacobson.

[Foggy]

Jeez, I never would have thought we'd see a big budget film with Gael Garcia Bernal in the lead, consider myself intrigued.